Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1992. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
distant-bastion-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1992
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Church Road, Shanklin
OS grid reference
SZ 578 804
Coordinates
50.6212, -1.18313
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone dating from around 1826, featuring a flat stone with a curved top and a worn inscription stating "9 miles to Ryde." The year 1826 marks the completion of the new road from Luccombe to Shanklin.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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